February 4
1981 Houston won 116-68, 48 points is the 2nd largest loss margin in team
history. Was out-scored 38-8 in the 3rd quarter. Only 1 Mav was in
double-digits.
1993 Released Tracy Moore.
1993 Signed Lamont Strothers to a 10-day contract.
1994 Placed Terry Davis on IR with a left elbow injury.
1999 Placed Ansu Sesay on IR with a broken right foot. Sesay missed the
entire season due to the injury.
2000 Released Leon Smith.
2005 Marquis Daniels underwent an appendectomy. He would miss the next
7 games due to the surgery.
2007 Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had a triple-double with 13 points, 12 rebounds,
and 13 assists. It was the 50th time a Mavs opponent had a
triple-double.
2009 Jason Kidd surpassed Oscar Robertson (9,887) for 4th place on the
NBA career assist list.
2011 Jason Terry surpassed 15,000 career points during the Boston game.
2015 Stephen Curry (GS) had 51 points on 16-26 FG, 10-16 3-pointers,
and 9-11 FT. He had 36 points in the 2nd half, setting the Dallas
opponent record for most points in a half (old: 35). It was the
86th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the only time Curry
had 40+ points against Dallas. It was also the 9th time a Mavs
opponent had 50+ points. 10-16 3-pointers set the opponent record
for most 3-pointers made and tied the opponent record for
3-pointers attempted.
Games
Record: 8-12 (home: 5-3, road: 3-9)
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1981 L @Houston 68-116 -48 Robinzine 14 TL/BR 6 BW/MM 21
Out-scored by Houston 38-8 in the 3rd quarter.
Only 1 Mav was in double-digits scoring.
48 points is the 2nd largest loss margin in team history.
Game #55, current record: 8-47, streak: lost 7; final record: 15-67
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1983 L New York 101-120 -19 Aguirre 26 MA/JV/BD 5 Cartwrig 27
Game #46, current record: 22-24, streak: lost 1; final record: 38-44
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1986 L @LA Lakers 102-110 -8 SP/RB 18 Donaldson 8 AJ/MM 21
Game #46, current record: 24-22, streak: lost 1; final record: 44-38
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1987 W Seattle 124-94 +30 Aguirre 23 Donaldson 14 Chambers 19
Game #46, current record: 30-16, streak: won 2; final record: 55-27
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1988 L @Sacramento 101-118 -17 Aguirre 35 Perkins 11 Theus 23
Game #43, current record: 28-15, streak: lost 4; final record: 53-29
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1992 L @LA Clippers 80-97 -17 Williams 17 TDavis 10 Norman 19
Game #46, current record: 13-33, streak: lost 7; final record: 22-60
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1994 L LA Lakers 87-95 -8 Mashburn 22 Mashburn 11 Lynch 26
Game #45, current record: 4-41, streak: lost 1; final record: 13-69
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1995 W Utah 119-98 +21 Jackson 30 PJ/LW 15 Malone 22
Game #44, current record: 18-26, streak: won 1; final record: 36-46
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1997 W Sacramento 104-96 +8 Cassell 20 McCloud 9 Richmond 31
Game #44, current record: 16-28, streak: won 2; final record: 24-58
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1998 L @Boston 99-110 -11 Finley 18 Green 14 Brown 32
Game #46, current record: 9-37, streak: lost 1; final record: 20-62
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2003 L Sacramento 109-110 -1 DN/MF 28 Nowitzki 16 Bibby 27
Adrian Griffin did not play due to a sore right knee (the only game
he would miss due to the injury).
Game #48, current record: 38-10, streak: lost 1; final record: 60-22
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2004 W @New Orleans 113-104 +9 Nowitzki 28 Nowitzki 28 Armstron 27
Eduardo Najera did not play due to a sore left knee (the 21st of 24
games he would miss due to the injury).
Game #49, current record: 31-18, streak: won 2; final record: 52-30
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2005 L @Indiana 94-95 -1 Nowitzki 32 Dampier 14 JO'Neal 23
Marquis Daniels did not play due to an appendectomy (the 1st of 7 games
he would miss due to the surgery).
Don Nelson did not coach due to recovering from right rotator cuff
surgery (the 9th of 10 games he would miss due to the recovery).
Game #45, current record: 30-15; streak: lost 1; final record: 58-24
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2006 W Seattle 110-91 +19 JHoward 23 EDampier 14 RAllen 17
Game #47, current record: 37-10; streak: won 11; final record: 60-22
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2008 W @Orlando 107-98 +9 JoHoward 28 DNowitzki 9 DHoward 28
Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had a triple-double with 13 points, 12
rebounds, and 13 assists. It was the 50th time a Mavs
opponent had a triple-double.
Orlando never led in the game.
Game #47, current record: 32-15; streak: won 1; final record: 51-31
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2009 W Portland 104-99 +5 JHoward 23 DNowitzki 11 BRoy 26
Jason Kidd surpassed Oscar Robertson (9,887) for 4th place on the NBA
career assist list.
Game #48, current record: 29-19; streak: won 4; final record: 50-32
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2011 W @Boston 101-97 +4 DNowitzki 29 TChandler 15 RAllen 24
With Boston up by 1, Dallas inbounded with 15 seconds left and Dirk
Nowitzki caught the ball in the paint and then kicked out to Jason
Kidd, who let the defender fly by him and then drained a 3-pointer
with 2.5 seconds left. After a timeout, Rajon Rondo's (Bos) attempted
inbound-lob pass flew out of bounds with no one touching it and 2 free
throws by Nowitzki capped the scoring.
Jason Terry surpassed 15,000 career points during the game.
Game #49, current record: 34-15; streak: won 7; final record: 57-25
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2012 L @Cleveland 88-91 -3 DNowitzki 24 DN/BW 8 KIrving 20
Kyrie Irving (Cle) drove for a layup late in the shot clock to give
Cleveland a 91-88 lead with 16 seconds left. Terry missed a
3-pointer and Brandan Wright missed a 3 at the buzzer.
Game #25, current record: 14-11; streak: lost 3; final record: 36-30
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2013 L @Oklahoma City 91-112 -21 SMarion 23 EB/BW 7 Westbrook 24
Oklahoma City went on a 28-8 run spanning the 1st and 2nd quarters to
take a 50-30 lead with 5 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.
Oklahoma City out-scored Dallas 39-22 in the 2nd quarter and 68-44 in
the 1st half.
Vince Carter did not play due to being ill, the only game he would
miss due to the illness.
Game #48, current record: 20-28; streak: lost 1; final record: 41-41
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2015 L @Golden State 114-128 -14 CParsons 24 TChandler 17 SCurry 51
Dallas led 40-18 with 1:23 left in the 1st quarter.
Golden State out-scored Dallas 70-52 in the 2nd half.
Golden State shot 52.3% (45-86) FG and Dallas shot 41.8% (41-98) FG.
Golden State shot 19-38 3-pointers and Dallas shot 10-30 3-pointers.
Stephen Curry (GS) had 51 points on 16-26 FG, 10-16 3-pointers, and
9-11 FT. He had 36 points in the 2nd half, setting the Dallas
opponent record for most points in a half (old: 35). It was the
86th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the only time Curry
had 40+ points against Dallas. It was also the 9th time a Mavs
opponent had 50+ points. 10-16 3-pointers set the opponent record
for most 3-pointers made and tied the opponent record for
3-pointers attempted.
Game #51, current record: 33-18; streak: lost 1; final record: 50-32